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Tenth Circuit· 8/16/2005

United States v. Rines

Citations

  • 419 F.3d 1104
  • 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 17250
  • 2005 WL 1953505

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding non-constitutional Booker error harmless where judge stated he would find the same sentence absent the guidelines but did not mention specific factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)
  • finding no ex post facto violation when a defendant's Guidelines range was 70-87 months and his sentence was 70 months
  • commenting “[w]e decline Defendant’s invitation to hold that the Supreme Court ordered us to violate the Constitution”
  • commenting “[w]e decline Defendant’s invitation to hold that the Supreme Court ordered us to violate the Constitution”
  • “[Defendant] was sentenced within the guidelines range, so he cannot complain of any unanticipated harshness.”
  • “It is true that the district court did not march through § 3553(a)’s sentencing factors, but we have never imposed such a requirement.”

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Judges: Seymour, Hartz, McConnell

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